Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-04-16
MYSTERIOUS CRIME AT PARIS.
Three Women Found Murdered Ira a
Wealthy Quarter of the City.

I Three Women Found Murdered Ira
Wealthy quarter of the CITY.
The triple murder which took place
here on Thursday last was one OF tho
most appalling crimes on record. VIZ les
a Par,s correspondent of The T0rl
World. Ii occurred at No. u Rue
Montague. the street leading from Rue
du Faubourg St. Honore to the Champ.
Elysees. II is quarter Of wealthy
and fashionable inhabitants. and the
crime is only one of the startling
number OF murders and suicides which
have recently taken place in the more
respectable quarters of this ". Nine.
Rcgnault, sometimes called Nine.
Montey. resides in sumptuously furnish
ed apartments at No. II Rue Monta gne
Her tnteme de cbambre and the latter :
daughter, Il years old, slept in room
near the bedroom of Nine. Regnault.
When the cook came down Thursday
morning from her room in the garreS
she was unable to succeed in rousing
anybody TO admit her to the apartment.
Frightened out of her wits, she went for
the poll'e commissary. who broke open
the door aud found Nine Regnault in
her night dress living dead on the floor,
with large cash ON each side of her
throat In the maids room the sight
was even more revolving. There were
two beds, and corpse Law in each.
The mother had been killed bv two
blows OF chopper. and the daughter
by one blow, which had almost
severed her head from the body.
1t appears that Nine. Regnault
was protected" by gentleman of
much prominence. whose name the pa
pers here do not reveal. An iron strong
box was at the head of the murdered
lady's bed, and it was stained with
blood. but not opened. 1t contained
SIC. 900 worth of je gelrv. Nine. Reg
nault had great deal of money, which
had been well invested BY her pro-
tector. Her furniture alone was worth
81, 900, and she had fine pictures and
silver plate. The theory of the police
is that she was murdered about 6 in
morning by a young man who had gone
home with her the night before. But
no trace of him has yet been discover
ed. Why he should have murdered
everybody in the Hat is incomprehensi-
BILE. Mime. Regnault came to Paris
from Chalonssur-Marne as young girl
three years ago. and at once set out on
an irregular Life. which she seems to
have made quite profitable. Although
under the protection of very promi-
nent citizen. she took the liberty of iu-
wiling other gentlemen to her house.
The motive for the crime Is unknown.
The murderer was seen by the cook /
when ne came home with Nine. Reg :
nault, and had been there twice before. F.
he was then fair-haired and we'll /
dressed. He left behind him a sleeve /
link inscribed with his initials. which /
correspond to the signatures appended /
to few love-letters found on the man.
telpiece in the bedroom. A shirt Gun. |
which evidently fell down in the confu-
sion, is also marked with these initials.
The murdered woman and her femme
de chdmbre had come from Chalons
together, and were much attached. the
former being gOdmother to the latter's
daughter. Not long ago Nine. Reg
nault had fallen in love with an officer.
who was married. which made her very
unhappy. She conSoled herself with
the young man who killed her.